Maryland marks 1 year of legal recreational marijuana through pardons and explosive growth

BALTIMORE — Maryland raked in more than $14 million in taxes for marijuana sales within the first three months alone this year, and sales are growing as the state marks the first anniversary of legal recreational cannabis use.The high life is good for Connor Whelton, who is one of the founders and CEO of ReLeaf, a marijuana dispensary on Cathedral Street in Baltimore. ”First of all, I had a passion for the product, and I come from a time when it was heavily stigmatized,” Whelton said. “The use of this equaled you not being successful, and I wanted to challenge those…

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